With Tinariwen, The Desert Blues Have Never Sounded More Empowered [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
SANTA MONICA, CA- Like many others in the wake of February’s drought-breaking rain, I made the trip to Joshua Tree National Park following highly corroborated promises of flowers blooming in this desert for the first time, supposedly, in years. Attached to the park map provided…
Jack Johnson’s Only Concert of 2016 At KAABOO Was The Definition of Chill
CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of KAABOO 2016 RECAP: I still think it’s weird to see Jack Johnson headline a festival. I mean, there’s really not that much distance between what he does and half the lineup of singer songwriters that…
Vintage Trouble Gets Music Tastes Good In The Troublemaker Groove
CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of Music Tastes Good 2016 RECAP: We here at Blurred Culture are huge fans of Vintage Trouble. They performed at Music Tastes Good, and once again blew our, and the audiences’, collective minds. We felt…
Lenny Kravitz Let Love, And His Music, Rule KAABOO
CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of KAABOO 2016 RECAP: How do you review Lenny Kravitz? He’s always going to be awesome. I mean, if you’re even remotely into his music, his live show is dependably rad. So the question then becomes:…
Jimmy Buffett’s Parrotheads Came Out En Masse At KAABOO
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of KAABOO 2016 RECAP: Back in my college days, Jimmy Buffett’s music was synonymous with smoking a joint and popping the top off a cold one. I…
Gavin DeGraw Honors The Troops At KAABOO
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of KAABOO 2016 RECAP: San Diego is a military town. It’s California’s second largest city, and with approximately 95,000 uniformed military personnel stationed in its borders. Gavin DeGraw made sure…
The Record Company Got Rowdy With The Blues At KAABOO
CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of KAABOO 2016 RECAP: The first time I got to see The Record Company perform live was at a house party at Frank Sinatra’s old house back in 2013. A lot has changed for that band since…
Orianthi Shreds KAABOO With Her Superior Skill
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of KAABOO 2016 RECAP: The word “virtuoso” doesn’t do Orianthi’s skills with the axe justice. It’s one thing to listen to her records, but it’s another thing…
Sting’s Intimate Performance At KROQ Has More Meaning Than He’ll Ever Know [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] On August 31, 2016, after a 13 year absence, Sting was back live on KROQ’s radio waves. With check in for the event starting at 6:30am, it was a special concert/interview billed as “Breakfast with Sting”, hosted…
Vintage Trouble’s Los Angeles Homecoming Brings Out The “Troublemakers”
LOS ANGELES, CA- Trust me. This review is very much about the Vintage Trouble concert 8/12 at the Fonda Theater in nuestra ciudad de Los Angeles – gig that fell in my lap when @TouchVinyl so kindly comped me a couple tickets via their Instagram…
